IBM recently announced it
has completed the acquisition of the software portfolio of Star Analytics,
Inc., a privately held business analytics company headquartered in Redwood City, California. Financial
terms were not disclosed.

The combination of IBM and
Star Analytics’ software will further advance IBM's business analytics
initiatives allowing clients to easily access financial information stored in
their applications, allowing them to make more informed decisions faster.

Star Analytics software
addresses a rising challenge for organizations -- helping to automatically
integrate essential information, reporting applications and business analytics
tools across their enterprises, on premise or from cloud computing
environments. The software removes typical custom coding for specialized
sources that are hard to maintain, and eliminates manual processes that are
cumbersome and time consuming.

"Applying analytics to
a wide range of data requires organizations to democratize and speed sharing of
critical information across an enterprise," said Les Rechan, IBM General
Manager, Business Analytics. "Star Analytics’ software advances IBM’s
efforts to deliver analytics that span all data sources directly into the hands
of front line employees, and delivers a comprehensive approach to helping
clients uncover new, untapped growth opportunities.”

Star Analytics’ software,
combined with IBM's R&D and prior acquisitions in business analytics
including Varicent, Algorithmics, Clarity Systems, OpenPages and Cognos, and
recent investments in predictive analytics such as SPSS, will provide clients
with a broad range of business analytics solutions. These acquisitions are
part of IBM's larger focus on analytics, which spans hardware, software,
services and research.

The news supports IBM's
long-term growth strategy to expand the company’s business analytics and
optimization software and services capabilities, an area of IBM's business that
is expected to reach $20 billion in revenue by 2015.

IBM has established one of
the world’s deepest portfolios of analytics and big data technologies and
industry expertise, including almost 9,000 dedicated business analytics and
optimization consultants, and 400 researchers. Nearly 500 of the patents
from IBM’s record breaking 20th year of innovation will serve as the building
blocks for future analytics innovations that can help businesses and
governments unlock the power of big data.

With the closing of this
acquisition, it is expected that all Star Analytics employees will join IBM's
Software Group.

IBM recently announced a
definitive agreement to acquire the software portfolio of Star Analytics Inc.,
a privately held business analytics company headquartered in Redwood City, California.
Financial terms were not disclosed.

The combination of IBM and
Star Analytics software will further advance IBM's business analytics
initiatives, allowing organizations to gain faster access and real-time insight
into specialized data sources. With growing challenges in gaining a more
complete view into varying types of data, companies are increasingly looking
for ways to automate and provide business users with self-service access to
critical information.

Star Analytics software
addresses a rising challenge for organizations -- helping to automatically
integrate essential information, reporting applications and business
intelligence tools across their enterprises, on premise or from cloud computing
environments. The software removes typical custom coding for specialized
sources that is hard to maintain. It also eliminates manual
processes that are cumbersome and time consuming.

In
the highly competitive world of telecommunications, the players need
accurate and up-to-date information to manage their businesses,
exploit new opportunities and keep customer churn to a minimum. In
2006, when Virgin Media formed as a single business from the merger
of Virgin Mobile, NTL and Telewest, the company found itself with a
mixed inheritance of business intelligence tools. Realizing the
importance of pulling them together fast, the company immediately set
about looking at the best way to create a more effective single
system that could serve the whole business. A purpose-built,
high-performance Netezza data warehouse appliance makes advanced
analytics on very large data volumes simpler, faster and more
accessible.

An event for European Consultants
and Systems integrators -IBM Montpellier, - February 9th – 10th

Despite an abundance of data and content, most decision makers act without the
right information and insight. Organizations that connect people with trusted,
relevant information and foster a fact-based culture are able to confidently
predict, plan and act to optimize business outcomes. They are using Business Analytics and Optimization (BAO) solutions
to become analytics-driven organizations. This one-and-a-half day workshop will
go into the details of these solutions.

Despite an
abundance of data and content, most decision makers act without the right
information and insight. Organizations that connect people with trusted,
relevant information and foster a fact-based culture are able to confidently
predict, plan and act to optimize business outcomes. They are using Business Analytics
and Optimization (BAO) solutions to become analytics-driven organizations. This
one-and-a-half day workshop will go into the details of these solutions. It is
targeted specifically at Consultants & Systems Integrators.

You’ll see:

-how our Business Analytics strategy articulates.

-how our offerings compare to those of our competitors.

-the new solutions we offer.

You’ll be also
given presentations of our wide range of offerings:

-COGNOS V10

-ILOG

-SPSS

-InfoSphere Information Server

-ISAS

-NETEZZA

-ISAO …

You’ll be presented
how all these solutions implement with a demo we created at the Montpellier Customer
center to work on BAO problematic.

Executive 1-1
meetings -
Limited reservations for exclusive executive meetings can now be obtained.
The completion of a simple online form is the first step.

Midmarket at
Information On Demand - New flyers that highlight midmarket-focused sessions are
available. There is a growing number of midmarket clients who attend the
conference, so this is a great opportunity to tailor your agenda
accordingly.

Overview
presentation -
Offers insights into all aspects of the conference from a Business Partner
point of view.